Hiding Places: A Father and His Sons Retrace Their Family’s Escape from the Holocaust

Daniel Asa Rose

2000

[…] I made the mistake of stopping in for Sabbath services. Dutifully I tried praying but was distracted by the dance of light reflecting from people’s wedding rings on the walls. When everyone stood and turned to the back to greet the Sabbath it was like my first time in aerobics class. To the left! Now to the right! I went full pivot and the…

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Daniel Asa Rose

b. 1949

Born in New York City and brought up in Connecticut, Daniel Asa Rose is a novelist, short story author, and essayist. Currently the editor of the international literary magazine the Reading Room and a regular book reviewer for the New York Observer and New York Magazine, Rose was the arts and culture editor of Forward. He was an NEA literary fellow in 2006; among his other honors are the O. Henry Prize and two PEN Fiction Awards.

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